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Trying to reverse climate change won’t save us, scientists warn (www.theverge.com)
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[–] Jackthelad@lemmy.world 10 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

My point is that slowing down the heating of the planet is doable (though you'd need the majority of the world contributing, which is highly unlikely to happen), but we can't reverse the damage that has already been done, which some people seem to think is possible.

We're not as powerful as we think we are.

[–] Buffalox@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

There are gasses and particles that can be released into the atmosphere that will reflect sunlight and warmth away from earth. In theory that could be done very quickly.

We’re not as powerful as we think we are.

We could cause a new ice age easily. Just fire off a few percent of the nukes, and we will revert to an ice age almost immediately.
Of course a side effect would be massive starvation.